2 wounded in 2 different shootings in Plainfield

View full sizeAndrew Miller/For The Star-LedgerTwo separate shootings in Plainfield the last two days left two people wounded.

PLAINFIELD — Two people were wounded in two unrelated shootings in Plainfield in as many days.

One victim was a sleeping 30-year-old woman, while the other was shot by someone who came up behind him.

The woman was sleeping in a bedroom on the first floor of a residence on the 400 block of East Sixth Street about 2:30 a.m. Sunday when she awoke to the sound of gunfire and realized she had been hit in the leg, said city police spokeswoman Captain Ruth Selzam.

A bullet had come through the first-floor window, where just outside police found several shell casings, she said.

The victim was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick for treatment and is listed in stable condition, she said.

It is not known if the woman was the target of the shooting.

On Monday afternoon, a 25-year-old man walking along Liberty Street near West Third Street was approached from behind and shot twice, in the left hand and right leg, Selzam said.

He collapsed trying to take cover behind a parked car in the street, where he was found by police just after 3 p.m., she said.

He was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital for treatment, she said. His condition is unknown.

The man was unsure of how many people had attacked him and could not described the assailant or assailants, Selzam said.

The two shootings come on the heels of a fatal stabbing of a man on Watchung Avenue on Tuesday night. A 14-year-old teen suspected in the homicide was captured several hours later.

Plainfield has seen its share of violence in recent years, but a calm had come over the city since last spring, when two sets of the Bloods street gang — responsible for many of the shootings, police believed — declared a truce. Officials recently said it was still holding.

Anyone with information about either of the two shootings is urged to call the city’s anonymous tip line at 908-753-TIPS (8477) or call detectives investigating the cases.

Anyone with information about the shooting on East Sixth Street should contact Detective Vincent Tyler at 908-753-3049 .

Detective Thomas Collina, who is investigating the Liberty Street shooting, can be contacted at 908-753-3621 .